Being proud of your hometown doesn’t mean you can never leave. Being able to vocalise your emotions doesn’t make you a ‘soft lad’, as Corbin’s dad use to put it. Corbin’s work, in a way that’s often amusing or heart- breaking, deconstructs these rigid definitions of class, masculinity, and geographical divides, and places value on the complexity of identity. This championing of the ordinary can be seen in the photo series he’s produced for METAL, King Midas for the Day, which places high fashion couture alongside seemingly everyday items from his life, which have had their status elevated via a gold paint job.